PMID- 17598385
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070720
LR  - 20090204
IS  - 0350-6134 (Print)
IS  - 0350-6134 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Mar
TI  - Trends in body mass index, prevalence of overweight and obesity in preschool 
      Lithuanian children, 1986-2006.
PG  - 79-88
AB  - The study provides the body mass index (BMI), the prevalence of overweight and 
      obesity in preschool Lithuanian children, 1986-2006. In the 2003-2006 more than 
      1000 preschool 3-6 year old children from Vilnius (the capital of Lithuania) were 
      investigated according to the standard anthropometric methods. The prevalence of 
      overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) was estimated according to the cut-off points 
      recommended by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Recent data were 
      compared with the data of preschool children from the 1986 Vilnius study and with 
      the data from the other countries. The BMI of preschool children did not change 
      significantly during the last 20 years, except for the statistically significant 
      BMI increment in 6 years old girls. The prevalence of OB among preschool 
      Lithuanian children was low (0.8%-3.7% in boys, and 0-1.9% in girls) and did not 
      change significantly during 1986-2006. The prevalence of OW was higher in 
      preschool girls (10.7%-18.2%) in comparison with preschool boys (6.5%-12.4%). The 
      significant increment of the prevalence of OW was observed among the 6-year-old 
      girls from the 2006 study in comparison with the 1986 study. The possible 
      socio-economic reasons of the defined trend in the BMI and prevalence of OW and 
      OB among preschool Lithuanian children are discussed in the paper.
FAU - Jakimaviciene, Egle Marija
AU  - Jakimaviciene EM
AD  - Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius 
      University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
FAU - Tutkuviene, Janina
AU  - Tutkuviene J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Croatia
TA  - Coll Antropol
JT  - Collegium antropologicum
JID - 8003354
SB  - IM
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lithuania
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - *Overweight
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2007/06/30 09:00
MHDA- 2007/07/21 09:00
CRDT- 2007/06/30 09:00
PHST- 2007/06/30 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/07/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/06/30 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Coll Antropol. 2007 Mar;31(1):79-88.